A comparative analysis of the concept of money: Marx, Keynes, Simmel

In this study a conceptual analysis of money has been developed with respect to the theoretical contributions made by Marx, Keynes and Simmel. The fundamental question ?what is money?? is one of the basic starting points of a conceptual analysis of money. In this Thesis this question has been discussed on the basis of the categorical distinction between money as an objective being and money as a social relation. In this discussion money, therefore, is defined as a conceptual being and viewed within the social relations in which it has developed, instead of being taken as a given object or seen in its functionality in which it appearsThe way in which each theorist has conceptualised economics in general and money in particular constitutes the essence of this study. As the way of analysis adopted in this study is both a conceptual and a methodological one, an original aprroach to the concept of money is aimed to be developed while the theorists are analysed in a comparative manner.